Racial stereotypes and gender in context: African Americans at predominantly black and predominantly white colleges

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Chavous, Tabbye M ^a   Harris, Angel ^a   Rivas, Deborah ^a   Helaire, Lumas ^a   Green, Laurette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

African American college students; Gender; Racial stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042730685     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sers.0000032305.48347.6d     Document Type: Article

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